Nintendo has blamed the weak demand for the Wii U on a lack of software titles, a problem it aims to correct this year, the company said last month:

For the "Wii U" system, launched in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, there were some delays in software development that resulted in intervals between new software title releases at the early stage of this year. Taking this into consideration, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, we plan to concentrate on proactively releasing key Nintendo titles from the second half of this year through next year in order to regain momentum for the platform.

Unboxing Nintendo's Wii U

The Wii U is sold out everywhere, but Molly Wood has the deluxe model to unbox. Check out the new game console and tablet controller and see if it should go on your holiday wish list.